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Kansas man dies after head-on semi crash

STANTON COUNTY  — One person died in an accident just after 10p.m. Tuesday in Stanton County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2011 Chevy Malibu driven by Justin B. Frey, 47, Satanta, was westbound on U.S. 160 seven miles west of Johnson City.

The Chevy crossed the center line and struck a 2006 Freightliner semi head on.

Frey was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Garnand Funeral Home in Ulysses.

The semi driver Bekzod A. Yazov, 36, British Columbia, Canada, was transported to the Stanton County Hospital.  Frey was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

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